| Event name: | EG-06-001 | |
| Country: | EGYPT | |
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Nature of the harmful event: |
Water Discoloration , High Phyto concentration , Mass mortalities | |
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Event directly affected: |
Planktonic life | |
| Toxicity detected: | No | |
| Associated syndrome: | ||
| Unexplained toxicity: | ||
| Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector): | ||
| Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: | No | |
| Event occurred before in this location: | No | |
| Individuals to contact: | ISMAEL, Amany | |
| Location: | Latitude: 31.416389, Longitude: 31.816389 | |
| General location information: |
Damietta Port, Nile Delta HAB Area code(s): EG-01 |
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| Additional location information: | The port is located about 8.5Km west of Damietta branch of the River Nile | |
| Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): |
Event Date:2006-06-10 Start: 2006-06-15, |
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| Causative organism known: | Yes | |
| Causative Species/Genus: |
Scrippsiella trochoidea (Stein) Balech ex Loeblich III 1965
(2.6x106 cells/L)
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| Co-Ocurring Species/Genus: |
Alexandrium monilatum (Howell) Balech 1985
(0.013x106 cells/L)
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| Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | 9.887 mgm3 µg/l | |
| Additional bloom information: | ||
| Event-related bibliography: | Moustafa, H.M.; Ismael, A.A.; El Sammak, A.A. and Sarawi, M.A. 2009. Distribution of phytoplankton at Damietta Port-Eastern Mediterranean. A preliminary study. Egypt J. Aquat. Biol. & Fish., 13 (4): 309-318 | |
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| Nutrient information: |
NITRATE:
0.12 µmol/l
NITRITE: 0.045 µmol/ PHOSPHATE: 0.059 µmol/ |
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| Temperature Range During Event: | Max: 29.5 °C, Min: 28.8 °C | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Salinity Range During Event: | Max: 39.4, Min: 37.2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bloom location in the water column: | Whole column | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Additional harmful effect information: | Benthos life mortality and reduce zooplankton density | ||||||
